Brazil’s leader said that the Russian president won’t be detained under his watch
Brazil will ignore the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant on Vladimir Putin, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said. He added that the Russian president can visit his country without the fear of detention.
“I believe that Putin can easily [go] to Brazil,” Lula told Indian website Firstpost on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi. “What I can say to you is that if I’m president of Brazil, and he comes to Brazil, there’s no way he will be arrested.”
In March 2023, The Hague-based court issued warrants on Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, for alleged “unlawful deportation and transfer” of children.
Moscow does not recognize the authority of the ICC and has denied the allegations, insisting that it was evacuating children to safety during its armed conflict with Ukraine. Nevertheless,…